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B4 – Features & Specifications

  • Team Associated B4 - Features & Specifications -

Introduction
Team Associated’s B4 is
the latest generation of the 5-time IFMAR World Championship-winning
heritage of RC10 buggies.

As far back as 1989,
there were grainy spy photos and a few sporadic sightings of a radical
new buggy under development by Team Associated. Then at the 1991 IFMAR
World Offroad Championships in Detroit, the Team unveiled their
hand-built prototype cars, noted for their distinctive front suspensions
and unusual shock mounting locations. Masami Hirosaka piloted the RC10
buggy to the World Championship win, and the prototypes were whisked
back to Team Associated's California R&D
department (Area 51) where they would not emerge for over a decade.

"The
original kit was good, this Factory Team version is great; it has it
all—plenty of steering, excellent handling on rough and smooth
tracks, and Associated's reputation for durability."

R/C
Car September 2004

Now, Team Associated
brings years of development and new technologies together by introducing
the RC10B4 buggy . . . the most adjustable, tunable RC10 buggy ever
produced.

Factory
Team B4 Kit

The Factory Team RC10B4
… the buggy that totally dominated the competition by Top Qualifying
and won the IFMAR
2WD World Championship! ... the buggy Radio Control Car Action
magazine's readers voted Reader's Choice Electric Buggy award!
(See the Honors tab above.)

Now you can get your own
full-option "Factory"
ride buggy complete with over $150 worth of Factory Team upgrades! The
B4 Factory Team features all molded carbon components including the
chassis, front and rear shock towers, front and rear A-Arms, chassis
brace, and top plate. The battery strap is made of woven carbon fiber,
and comes with a chrome/black "AE
Factory Team" sticker.

"What with
it's excellent instructions and easy build, efficient, durable
transmission, superb steering and forgiving handling on both rough
and smooth tracks the Team Associated RC10B4 Factory Team really is
in pole position for the nomination of best 2WD off-road electric
buggy." Radio Control Car Racer April 2005

The Team's standard
threaded, hard-anodized, PTFE-coated
shocks with Unobtainium shafts handle the dampening on all four corners.
A complete set of 14 PTFE
sealed bearings are included to ensure smooth, efficient operation.
Lightweight outdrives are included, as well as a new clear
injection-molded gear cover. To get the power to the ground, the B4
Factory Team comes with Pro-Line "M3"
Holeshot rear tires and "M3"
compound wide-body buggy front tires on white Pro-Line dish wheels.

RC10B4 Team Kit

No Factory Team kit would
be complete without a full array of Factory Blue components, so the B4
includes blue titanium turnbuckles, aluminum servo mounts, wheel
spacers, front hinge pin brace, center-drilled front axles, screws, body
clips, and a lightweight milled blue aluminum motor mounting plate.

If you’re serious about
racing, get the same buggy used to sweep the current IFMAR
World Championship, the ROAR 2WD Offroad National Championship, and the
European Championship … Team Associated’s Factory Team B4.

This all-new buggy
reintroduces the forward-swept front end and rear-mounted shock
configuration of the original car, optimized with the new co-planar
Ackermann steering geometry. This new suspension design provides maximum
front-end clearance and minimizes bump-steer while maintaining correct
buggy Ackermann angles. Trailing front axle or optional inline steering
blocks can be used to adjust steering response.

The B4 chassis provides a
super-low center of gravity by lowering the motor, battery, wing and
even the shock mounting positions, enabling much higher cornering speeds
and stability during jumping and through bumpy sections of the track.
The adjustable-angle rear wing mounts and even the transmission case are
now integrated into the chassis/suspension structure. The symmetrical
suspension arm design has all four arms being the same length, and
"captured" hinge pins so that no e-clips are used.

The transmission has also
been optimized into an ultra-compact package, and now uses the same
2.6:1 higher torque-capacity differential as the RC10GT. A double-sided
slipper assembly (first prototyped by Team Associated in 1989) has been
designed with higher torque capacity, easier assembly, and lower
rotating mass than comparable double-sided slippers. This provides a
finer adjustment range and more efficient slipper operation.

The B4 uses new
offset-front wheels and "wide-body" front tires. The rear
wheels are now interchangeable with other manufacturer’s buggies,
enabling pre-mounted tires for standardized "spec" class
racing to easily be used. The B4 is topped off with an all-new, super
low-profile body and adjustable rear wing, providing a sleek, aggressive
look on the track.

Specifications

Scale

  • 1:10

Power

  • Electric

Type

  • Off Road

Length

  • 366mm

Width

  • 246mm

Wheelbase

  • 273mm

Internal
Gear Ratio - 2.6:1

Drive

  • 2WD